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Originally Posted by mce
I'm pretty sure the only reliable way is to call your own authentication link and parse the data from that.
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I couldn't get the "Lifehacker" method to work for Hulu. Still sees me as outside USA.
Thinking about it some more, how could it work? Comms between my ISP and the Hulu server would still show the originating source IP address (me in Aus.). How else would I be able to communicate with Hulu anyway?
Doing a check with
this webpage confirms it. Note that the source IP is still your current IP address even if you spoof the "X-Forward-For" address. So all a streaming server has to do is look at the source IP and make the decision - I'm pretty sure this is how ABC does it (and how it calculates the authentication token).
So no, I don't think the LifeHacker method would work with iView.
[edit: I just tried the "X-Forward-For" address using an American IP address on the iView website and iView doesn't think I'm in Australia. How bizarre! Maybe it (LifeHacker method) will work for ABC iView. ]